#38C581#38C581

#38C581 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.155 H 157.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C581
RGBrgb(56, 197, 129)
HSLhsl(151, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(151, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 34.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.12, -52.78, 23.63)
CIE-LCHlch(71.12, 57.83, 155.88°)
OKLaboklab(73.28% -0.143 0.0595)
OKLCHoklch(73.28% 0.155 157.4)
XYZxyz(25.5571, 42.3553, 27.5931)
Luminance0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C581 #C5387C
analogous
#38C53B #38C581 #38C2C5
triadic
#38C581 #8138C5 #C58138
tetradic
#38C581 #3B38C5 #C5387C #C2C538
square
#38C581 #3B38C5 #C5387C #C2C538
split-complementary
#38C581 #C538C2 #C53B38
monochromatic
#1D6643 #2A9562 #38C581 #67D49F #96E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#38C581 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47
#38C581 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C581
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C581#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5811.002.229.479.47
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4721.001.001.00
##0000009.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3B67D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A985
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.155 157.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d8a6',
    500: '#38c581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c581;
$custom-light: #81d8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.064,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73282,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 157.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C581
secondary
#CD8CAB
accent
#4991DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C140F
muted
#7D837F

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#38C581 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva